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John Bryant ' One of the Earliest English Professional Cricketers

John Bryant was one of the earliest
known professional cricketers from England who played during the middle part of
the 1700s. There is very limited information available about John Bryant with regards to his batting style, whether
he was a right handed or left handed batsman, as well as
his bowling style, whether he was a right handed bowler or
a left handed bowler, whether he was a spinner or fast bowler and such other things. From the information that is
available, it is known that Bryant was predominantly a batsman who could bowl a little.

It is also known that John Bryant played in 19 single wicket matches as well as 13 first class matches for the two
afore mentioned tams during 1743 and 1756. During that time, not many cricketers took to cricket as a profession and
it can be said that John Bryant was one of the earliest cricketers to turn professional. He is also known as the
brother of James Bryant.

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